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A documentary about sexual tourism in south-eastern Asia

The black, the white and a small red spot that suddenly rise up.

A journey in search of adventures, unexplored shores, empty waves in the mediterranean most secluded places living with almost zero carbon footprint. This is a surf-film about our small Ocean, the cradle of civilization and a reflection on living a simple lifestyle in symbiosis with nature. The boats together with the Onde Nostre Crew traveled the Mediterranean Sea following Ulisse's journey with surfers, sailors, free divers, musicians, artists.—Luca Merli

In an enchanting documentary, Mario Canale recounts the most significant stages of Taviani brothers’ cinema. A journey through the most famous Taviani’s films, such as “Padre Padrone” and “Notte di San Lorenzo”, from their hometown San Miniato to their last film “Maraviglioso Boccaccio”.

Interactive documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini.

FATTO A MANO is a documentary short film that shows how a lot of essential food, from the region in Puglia, Italy, is handmade with a lot of energy, passion and knowledge and the people who produce it.

Lisetta Carmi is one of the most important photographers in Italian and international history. Her shots, her vision of the world, her passionate works that went against the grain of society in the 1960s and 1970s have marked the art world to this day. Lisetta Carmi, "a soul on the road" constantly searching for the truth of the people and the world around her.

A series of episodes linked by a common thread: "Who are the infamous?". The infamous are all those who, with their despicable actions cause things go well for them but bad for others. There are many things that could go better, much depends on us and our everyday behavior.

The documentary tells the history of the oldest ghetto in Europe and of the Venetian Jewish community. 2016 will be its Quincentennial.The eyes of a Jewish teenager, of Venetian origin, but born and raised in New York, will lead us in this journey. Lorenzo is guided by his Aunt and two young Venetian cousins who offer him the stimulus to enter more and more into a world unknown to him.The Ghetto's atmosphere, places and history are recreated by interviews to scholars, docu-fiction and a modern animation. The history of the Venice ghetto offers us an opportunity to reflect on the story of an immigration and of a slow integration, an example of the enormous wealth that the exchange of diverse cultures can give us.

August 10, 1980. The day that changes the history of Rome. The day that Paulo Roberto Falcão disembarks in Rome. The Italian cups, the title, the championship final. It all starts with him, who changes the mentality of the club, who starts to think big. This is the story of the eighth King of Rome, a trip from Italy to Brazil that explains “Who was Falcão”.

A petrol pump attendant in need of money decides to find a new job to make some extra cash. He finds a job in a night club where he performs drag queen shows, under the stage name Antoine. After some initial hesitations, this will be a life-changing experience. A movie that shows how necessary it is to adopt new and unconventional points of view in order to reassess your life and challenge your prejudices.

Indian Rajeev is in love with Arabian Fadwa. His feelings are answered but there are several obstacles to their love.

A single wave pushes us towards a dimension of beauty and harmony.

Poet and writer Antonio Veneziani, the youngest representative of the Scuola Romana literary current, which was championed by Pasolini and Moravia and included counter-culture artists such as Dario Bellezza and Renzo Paris, is writing a book of interviews with transsexual people. As he meets with people from varied and sometimes contrasting paths of life, he also begins a quest to find where his late friend Vinicio Diamanti, a well known actor who has often performed in drag, has been buried. A meditation on Life, Death and the need for a new law in Italy through the prism of the trans-gender experience.

A personal take on the Italian economic growth of the 60s and contemporary economic growth of Kazakhstan.

Alberto Grifi host at the exhibition Visioni Sconsigliate (Pescara, 2004) tells Flavio Sciolè the genesis of his masterpiece 'Anna', the staging reversed, the whole back, the transition from film to the video, the discovery of free spaces.

During an investigation a journalist discovers unpublished documents and new video material on the murders of the serial killer Monster of Florence

Luigi Montefiori, a.k.a. George Eastman, talks about the making of the delirious gore drenched Antropophagus.

T presents details of the houses built in La Martella (near Matera, Italy) by architect Ludovico Quaroni and his collaborators in the 50s. In T the rationalist façades are shown by way of high-contrast abstract glimpses.

Alba, a passionate and ambitious woman, tries to remember when she started to stop believing in herself, to pursue her desires. Her partner ridiculed her aspirations for her, instilling in her the feeling that she would never make it. Without love, a violent everyday life invaded her life for years, until the tragic ending.

Monica and Karim, the first couple of Italian wrestlers in the United States. Miss Monica, stage name of Monica Passeri, moved from Caprara, a small town in Abruzzo, to Missouri together with partner Karim Bartoli, who fights under the name of Karim Brigante. Once they left Italy, they attended the most important wrestling academy in Troy, Missouri - the Harley Race Wrestling Academy - which allowed them to build an international career: from World League Wrestling they managed to reach the flagship show of WWE and National Wrestling Alliance, the memorable federation owned by the rockstar Billy Corgan. Partners in life and in the ring, they travel alone to defend their titles in American indie circuits.

Set in fascist Sicily, a shadow puppet performer is confined to a lonely island with a lighthouse for making fun of Mussolini -- until he's redeemed and rescued by a fortuitous event. Bonomolo renders this timely tale in black and white 2D with hints of storybook illustration and rotoscopy.

The film describes a moment of difficulty in the life of two brothers. The first is struck by a strange depressive syndrome, and the other assists him.

Four african girls and a bright rainy day.

Two young cameramen are asked to film a Mount Everest expedition by German mountaineer Thomas Weber; a man wishing to climb Everest, in spite of his visual handicap. For cameramen Milan Collin and Kevin Augello this is a dream come true. They accept the challenge with full excitement In the first weeks Milan and Kevin are confronted with their own physical limitations. Are they capable of climbing this mountain? Surrounded by people who are prepared to die for their dream, giving up is not an option. They are confronted with accidents and death. In the isolated environment Milan and Kevin turn the camera on each other. This film is a personal story of two men confronted with the harsh and extreme conditions high up on the mountain.

Three old men live in a camper. Abused by the mayor and the municipal authorities, they try to live in their own way, until the day they decide to leave.

Amidst the mists and wild nature of Aspromonte, an archaeologist and two of his assistants are searching for an ancient treasure. From the earth opened up by the excavation, three nymphs emerge, mythical and mysterious creatures. Once free, they come into contact with the inhabitants of a remote mountain village, triggering a series of mysterious and terrifying events.

The video deals with peripheral areas of Milan: spaces excluded from the sparkling imagery advertising EXPO2015. Only unproductive parcels, debris of urban gardens and spontaneous weeds are left. Shot at night in these dehumanized areas, barely revealed by street lights or by the flashlight of night security guards. The reverberation of off-screen sounds gives back the vastness of these construction sites, whose complete vision is denied to the viewer. Gradually some radio conversations emerge.

In this definitive work, the author distills a radical and deeply personal vision of reality and human madness, crafting a film without a linear plot, composed instead of a sequence of autonomous and powerful visual scenes. In a continuous and hallucinatory flow, extreme grotesque and baroque pornography, mysticism, art, and desire merge into a single sensory and symbolic experience. Accompanied by the music of S. Lummi and M. Capitanio, the film takes the form of a contemporary infernal circle, where the viewer is dragged through images that reflect human obsessions, deviations, and ecstasies. A visionary and unsettling journey, where each fragment represents a piece of the eternal tension between the sublime and the perverse.

Frizzo Dito Lungo, a ruthless Sicilian boss, is having some difficulty managing his business in southern Switzerland. He therefore decides to send his two most trusted henchmen to resolve the issues. Jack and Tony leave their homeland of Sicily and head for the canton of Ticino. Once they land, however, they constantly encounter situations, characters, and local customs that hinder the smooth running of their mission.

From the Arturo Toscanini Auditorium in Turin, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Marc Albrecht and featuring violin soloist Daniel Lozakovich, performs works by Heinrich Marschner, Max Bruch, and Robert Schumann.